Charlotte Belle Emerson Keith

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Charlotte Belle Emerson Keith
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Born
Charlotte Belle Emerson

(1865-01-22)January 22, 1865
Rockford, Illinois
DiedMay 29, 1950(1950-05-29) (aged 85)
Rockford, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
EducationWellesley College
Known for Painting, Educator
Spouse(s)
Darwin Keith(m. 1898)

Charlotte Belle Emerson Keith (1865-1950) was an American painter and the founder of the Keith Country Day School in Rockford, Illinois.

Keith Country Day School is a private, fully accredited, independent, nonsectarian, college-preparatory school located in Rockford, Illinois, USA. It serves students from the preschool level to 12th grade.

Biography

Keith née Emerson was born on January 22, 1865 in Rockford, Illinois. [1] In 1895 she graduated from the School of Art at Wellesley College. [2] In 1888 she traveled to Europe where she studied with Carl von Marr in Munich, Germany, and Charles Lasar in Paris, France. [1]

Rockford, Illinois City in Illinois, United States

Rockford is a city in Winnebago County in the U.S. state of Illinois, in far northern Illinois. Located on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County. The largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, Rockford is the third-largest city in the state and the 171st most populous in the United States According to 2010 U.S. Census Data, the City of Rockford had a population of 152,871, with an outlying metropolitan area population of 348,360. The City of Rockford's population is 147,051 as of 2017, down 4.1% since 2010.

Wellesley College Private womens liberal arts college in Massachusetts

Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges. Wellesley is home to 56 departmental and interdepartmental majors spanning the liberal arts, as well as over 150 student clubs and organizations. The college also allows its students to cross-register at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brandeis University, Babson College and Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Wellesley athletes compete in the NCAA Division III New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference.

Carl von Marr American artist

Carl von Marr was an American-born German painter. He was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of the engraver John Marr (1831–1921) and his wife Bertha Bodenstein Marr (1836–1911).

Keith exhibited her work at the Illinois State Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. [3] She also exhibited her work at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Milwaukee Art Museum. [1]

Worlds Columbian Exposition Worlds Fair held in Chicago in 1893

The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival to the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.

Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 million were used to finance the event. More than 60 countries and 43 of the 45 American states maintained exhibition spaces at the fair, which was attended by nearly 19.7 million people.

Art Institute of Chicago art museum and school in Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 and located in Chicago's Grant Park, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 million guests annually. Its collection, stewarded by 11 curatorial departments, is encyclopedic, and includes iconic works such as Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, and Grant Wood's American Gothic. Its permanent collection of nearly 300,000 works of art is augmented by more than 30 special exhibitions mounted yearly that illuminate aspects of the collection and present cutting-edge curatorial and scientific research.

She married Dr. Darwin Keith in 1898. In 1907 they settled in Rockford after residing for several years in London. [1]

Keith was a member of the Rockford Art Association, and exhibited in their first show in 1913. [1]

Believing that art and culture was as important as academic studies, Keith hired a governess in 1916 to improve the education of her children beyond what they were receiving in the public school system. The group grew to include the children of family and friends. She eventually purchased some property and established the Keith Country Day School, which is still in operation. [4] [3]

Keith died on May 29, 1950 in Rockford, Illinois. [1] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Belle Keith". AskArt. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Wellesley College (1912). Bulletin. p. 141.
  3. 1 2 Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893" . Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Emerson Residence". Rockford History Walks. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Charlotte Belle Emerson Keith". FindAGrave. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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